Leadership

Here's where today's big-chain chiefs are learning to lead

Reality Check: Musicians have Julliard, engineers have MIT and doctors have Johns Hopkins. The training ground emerging as the ideal school for restaurant CEOs are the big consultancies.

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Financing

Here's the big problem with all these $5 meal deals

The Bottom Line: With McDonald’s planning a $5 value meal of its own, more brands are already jumping onto the bandwagon. But not everybody will pay $5.

Financing

What did the Starbucks CEO expect?

The Bottom Line: Howard Schultz needed just one bad quarter to make public his displeasure with the coffee shop chain. But the stage was set for that two years ago.